HPB working to make maternity wards 'baby-friendly' - Straits Times: HPB working to make maternity wards 'baby-f...

The Health Promotion Board (HPB) is working with maternity wards in Singapore to implement World Health Organization 'baby-friendly' guidelines, including support for breastfeeding mothers. -- ST PHOTO: SAMUEL HE The Health Promotion Board (HPB) is working with maternity wards in Singapore to implement World Health Organization 'baby-friendly' guidelines, including support for breastfeeding mothers. HPB will work with National University Hospital (NUH), KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH), Singapore General Hospital (SGH), Mount Alvernia Hospital and Thomson Medical Centre, which together account for 80 per cent of the births in Singapore, to implement the WHO's Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI). The BFHI, which promotes exclusive breastfeeding among mothers by supporting them before birth, during their hospital stay and after they are discharged, have helped i...